Date of Award
5-8-2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Eric Vanman, Ph.D. - Chair
Second Advisor
Tricia Z. King, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Tracie L. Stewart, Ph.D.
Abstract
This study examined the relationship among implicit and explicit measures of prejudice (against African-Americans, homosexuals, and Muslims), Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Religious Fundamentalism (RF), and Christian Orthodoxy (CO). The implicit measure of prejudice was Facial EMG, which is the measurement of the activity of key facial muscles when participants were exposed to pictures of members of the minority groups, as well as to pictures of the corresponding group. The explicit measure of prejudice was the Social Distance Scale, which measures how willing people are to have someone in a variety of close relationships. The primary hypothesis was that one’s score on the implicit (and some of the explicit) measures of prejudice can be predicted using RF, CO, and RWA. The analyses revealed that RWA was predictive of prejudice against homosexuals and Muslims, but not against African-Americans.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1061223
Recommended Citation
Denney, Horace Ted, "Relationships between Religion and Prejudice: Implicit and Explicit Measures.." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2008.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1061223